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Best Zombie TV Shows Ranked by Tomatometer

After two seasons flirting with Rotten scores The Walking Dead came raging back with season 9 and its 91% score. Season 10 has kicked off nicely with scores in the 90s for its first two episodes. With the scores on the upswing, the AMC horror series has moved up on our list of the best of zombie TV.

The Walking Dead, iZombie, In the Flesh, and other TV series that tackle the undead have found ravenous audiences both with the critical brains who write about them and the meat sacks who watch. We bit into our Tomatometer scores to find the best reviewed zombie shows on TV, including a few of those that feature zombie characters even if the’re not the show’s main focus.

Series are ranked by their series-level Tomatometer scores. The ones without overall scores are listed alphabetically at the bottom.

Z Nation (2014)

#21

Synopsis: A ragtag team attempt to transport the only known survivor of a zombie virus across post-apocalyptic America to a lab... [More]

Starring: Kellita Smith, Tom Everett Scott, Keith Allan, Joseph Gatt

Directed By: Max Jenkins, Michael Robison, Luis Prieto, Andrew Drazek

Talking Dead (2011)

#20

Synopsis: Guests chat about episodes of the zombie chiller "The Walking Dead" and its spinoff, "Fear the Walking Dead."... [More]

Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tyler James Williams, Lauren Cohan, Seth Gilliam

Directed By: Billy Gierhart, Ernest R. Dickerson, David Boyd, Mike Satrazemis

I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

#19

Synopsis: Reality game show that sees ten contestants trying to survive in a simulated zombie apocalypse.... [More]

Starring:

Freakish (2016)

#18

Synopsis: A chemical explosion rocks a small town, leaving 20 high school students and a basketball coach as the only survivors.... [More]

Starring: Leo Howard, Liza Koshy, Adam Hicks, Aislinn Paul

The Returned (US) (2015)
67%

#17

Synopsis: A small town is turned upside down when people who were thought to be dead suddenly reappear.... [More]

Starring: Fabrice Gobert, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anne Consigny, Robin Campillo

Directed By: Fabrice Gobert, Charles Martin, Charles Martin

Town of the Living Dead (2014)
71%

#16

Synopsis: Residents of a small Alabama town are followed as they film their own independent zombie movie titled 'Thr33 Days Dead,'... [More]

Starring: Tina Teeter, John M. Ware, Bryan Boylen, Chase Lawrence

Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
75%

#15

Synopsis: The start of the zombie takeover depicted in "The Walking Dead" is explored in this spin-off.... [More]

Starring: Cliff Curtis, Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Maggie Grace

Directed By: Kate Dennis, Stefan Schwartz, Adam Davidson, Kari Skogland

Death Valley (2011)
75%

#14

Synopsis: Mockumentary following the LAPD's Undead Task Force as its members hunt monsters that roam the streets of California's San Fernando... [More]

Starring: Tania Raymonde, Bryan Callen, Caity Lotz, Texas Battle

Directed By: Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Black Summer (2019)
89%

#13

Synopsis: Strangers band together to survive following a zombie apocalypse.... [More]

Starring: Jaime King, Sal Velez Jr., Christine Lee, Justin Chu Cary

American Gods (2017)
75%

#12

Synopsis: "American Gods" posits a different kind of war brewing -- one between Old Gods and New. The traditional Old... [More]

Starring: Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Ian McShane, Pablo Schreiber

Directed By: David Slade, Vincenzo Natali, Floria Sigismondi, Craig Zobel

Helix (2014)
81%

#10

Synopsis: A thriller about a team of scientists thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation after being deployed to the Arctic to... [More]

Starring: Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Jordan Hayes, Hiroyuki Sanada

Directed By: Grant Harvey, Jeff Renfroe, Steven A. Adelson, Brad Turner

The Walking Dead (2010)
80%

#9

Synopsis: The story of the years that follow after a zombie apocalypse, following a group of survivors led by a former... [More]

Starring: Sean Freeland, Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun

Directed By: Julius Ramsay, Michael E. Satrazemis, Michael Uppendahl, Jeremy Podeswa

Kingdom (2019)
96%

#8

Synopsis: In this period zombie thriller, a Korean prince is sent out on a mission to investigate an outbreak that threatens... [More]

Starring: Joo Ji-hoon, Ji-hyun Jun, Doona Bae, Park Byung-eun

Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
89%

#7

Synopsis: Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and Sheila (Drew Barrymore) are husband and wife realtors leading vaguely discontented lives in the L.A. suburb... [More]

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson

Directed By: Tamra Davis, Lynn Shelton, Marc Buckland, Ken Kwapis

Dead Set (2008)
92%

#6

Synopsis: Zombies menace the sequestered cast and crew of Britain's "Big Brother" in this horror sitcom.... [More]

Starring: Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Warren Brown, Davina McCall

Directed By: Charlie Brooker

iZombie (2015)
90%

#5

Synopsis: A zombie helps Seattle police solve murders by experiencing victims' memories when she eats their brains.... [More]

Starring: Rose McIver, Robert Buckley, David Anders, Malcolm Goodwin

Directed By: David Warren, Rob Thomas (II), Patrick Norris, Dermott Downs

Pushing Daisies (2007)
96%

#4

Synopsis: This forensic fairytale follows Ned (Lee Pace), a young man with a very special gift. As a boy, Ned found... [More]

Starring: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Swoosie Kurtz

Directed By: Lawrence Trilling, Peter Lauer, Paul Shapiro, Tricia Brock

In The Flesh (2013)
97%

#3

Synopsis: An 18-year-old rehabilitated zombie adjusts to life after being returned to his family.... [More]

Starring: Luke Newberry, David Walmsley, Emily Bevan, Harriet Cains

The Returned (2013)
97%

#2

Synopsis: Supernatural crime series is set in a quiet Alpine village.... [More]

Starring: Yara Pilartz, Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, Clotilde Hesme

Directed By: Fabrice Gobert, Frédéric Mermoud

Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)
99%

#1

Synopsis: When a plague threatens mankind, a chainsaw-handed hero reluctantly re-ups to save the world in this sort-of sequel to the... [More]

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Jill Marie Jones, Ray Santiago, Mimi Rogers

Directed By: Daniel Nettheim, Mark Beesley, Michael Bassett, Regan Hall

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